Re: [docbook] author

[Bob Stayton <bobs@sagehill.net>]

Indeed, the DocBook Technical Committee strives to accomodate any mix of 
authors and author groups, because we observe such variety in the field. 
 You can assign role attributes as needed to differentiate them, and 
customize the stylesheet to format them as needed.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
bobs@sagehill.net

On 12/24/2015 4:09 AM, Peter Flynn wrote:
> Le mercredi 16 décembre 2015 à 15:31 -0500, maxwell a écrit :
> > I have a question about the <author> element. It can occur as a
> > daughter of a bunch of elements, but there are two parents where its
> > usage seems a bit unclear to me: <info> and <authorgroup>. The
> > intent is clear: <author> should appear under <authorgroup> "when a
> > document has multiple authors or collabarators"
> [...]
> > What is the intent if there's an <author> under both paths?
>
> Maybe my memory is playing me false, but I *thought* (long back in the
> DTD-only days), the *info element types used (author+|authorgroup).
>
> I don't know the intent, but I can see that someone *might* want to
> express A as the principal author, and B+C+D as a group of co-authors
> (genuinely co-authors, not collaborators).
>
> ///Peter
>
>
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